Most people involved in the wine industry knows what a grafted grape vine is, but, to most of the public, this is unfamiliar. So I will explain it relatively simple. Back in the day grape vines [...]
So, in my previous post we went to Groote Post Wine Estate to see how to ‘re-work” vines and give them about an extra 10 years of life. This year we will do 3 blocks. One Shiraz, one [...]
Well, such a beautiful week in the Western Cape! The best weather to be outside, and even better to be amongst vineyards. So I took one of our producers to go see the vineyards at Groote Post, [...]
So came to an end an awesome 10 day tour in Spain and France. Many great wines tasted, met some great people and saw spectacular vineyards and sites. So this was my top 4 highlights of the trip:
Our last visit was at Domaine Gardies from Côtes du Roussillon in the South of France owned by the Gardies Family. The winery has roughly 35 hectares of vineyards, and the oldest vines are 110 [...]
Located between Collioure and Banyuls, lays a winery unique in every way. With the closest vines to the ocean only 19meters away, this is a recipe for something great to come. The estate ranges [...]
So here we were, in France, and on the coast. Beautiful views, rolling hills covered in vineyards, the ocean, wine and food. What more could you need? What more could you want!! We stayed at [...]
So back we went to Barcelona, our last stop before we hit France. We were met with an absolutely stunning day in the city. It was time to be a tourist. And how I enjoyed it! The buildings are [...]
Our next stop led us to a very interesting visit. The Cellar is called “La Gravera”, and means “The Gravel Pit”. The vineyards were established on an old gravel mine. When [...]
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